Three principal groups of artists were working during the Qing Dynasty.The first was that of the traditionalists，orthodox painters who sought...
Chinese Literature and Arts
During the Ming Dynasty，literati paintings were prized above academic paintings by most educated people who understood the goal of revealing...
In 1279，the Yuan Dynasty unified China under Mongol rule.Chinese literati ultimately learned how to live with Mongol rule，and many members...
Literati painters were amateurs.They painted as a means of self-expression，much as the same way they wrote poetry；both forms were the...
Chinese painting is a pure art.It is lyrical enough to stand on an equal footing with poetry and contemplative thought.It...
When did Chinese painting start？Who started Chinese painting？It is hard to trace it back to its roots.For thousands of years，this...
Chinese seal engraving，a combination of calligraphy and engraving，has a history of over 2，000 years.Most of the earliest ancient seals can...
When the ink slab was invented is rather controversial. Archaeologists have discovered from the ruins，dating back to the primitive society，simple...
Paper is a Chinese invention，and it is widely accepted that paper was invented by Cai Lun of the Eastern Han...
Traditionally a brush pen，an ink-stick，paper，and an ink-stone are indispensable to traditional Chinese scholars who call them the“four treasures of the...
The origin of Chinese calligraphy is not very precise.Chinese writing originated approximately 4，500 years ago.It is thought that the written...
The Chinese language is an institution，rather than a tool，of society.With their unusual script，Chinese characters developed a unique culture.The acquaintance with...
Chinese script has at least a history of four thousand years.We are not certain of the date of its invention.There...
Chinese characters are not an alphabet as Western languages used.Each character represents a separate word，and Chinese characters indicate both the...
Xiangsheng.sometimes translated as crosstalk,is a traditional Chinese comedic pertormance in the form of a dialogue between two performers,or.,much less often.a...
Traditional music in China is played on solo instruments or in small ensembles of plucked and bowed string instruments,flutes,and various...
Chinese Paper Cutting or Jianzhi is the first type of papercutting design,since paper was invented by Cai Lun in Eastern...
Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world.The earliest paintings were not representational but ornamental;they...
Few nations in the world have calligraphy as a form of art.In China,calligraphy has a long history,and is popular among...
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)is a label that covers a broad range of traditional medicine practices sproad throughout Asia,including various forms...